Bumping into the tank?

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Bumping into the tank?

Post by piratetoothgir » Wed Aug 29, 2018 12:21 pm

Would bumping into my tank by accident cause any issues if there are molters under?
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Re: Bumping into the tank?

Post by Hermiesguardian » Wed Aug 29, 2018 12:38 pm

piratetoothgir wrote:Would bumping into my tank by accident cause any issues if there are molters under?
I don't think so. How hard was the bump?
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Re: Bumping into the tank?

Post by piratetoothgir » Wed Aug 29, 2018 12:52 pm

I wasn’t the one who bumped into it, but my youngest brother likes to put his foot on the stand, which shakes the tank.


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Re: Bumping into the tank?

Post by Hermiesguardian » Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:19 pm

piratetoothgir wrote:I wasn’t the one who bumped into it, but my youngest brother likes to put his foot on the stand, which shakes the tank.


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It may depend on how big the tank is and how much substrate but better that he stop doing that. I'm sure you've told him already.
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Re: Bumping into the tank?

Post by piratetoothgir » Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:24 pm

Yes, he doesn’t do it now.
Here’s my stand and and tank.
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He typically puts his feet at the bottom, and then pushes off a little, which wiggles the entire tank around. He does it on his tank, which is most likely why he does it on mine.

You can see that I have those shelves on the bottom that hold my isopod totes.


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